The ancient world at war a global history
A global history of ancient warfare, covering Egypt, the Near East, Greece, Rome, Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan, and the Americas. In this new survey of ancient warfare, a group of distinguished historians and archaeologists discusses major battles and wars from around the world. The book...
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London, UK
Thames & Hudson
2008
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the terrible tide of war / Philip de Souza
- War before history / R. Brian Ferguson
- Ancient Egyptian warfare / Ian Shaw and Daniel Boatright
- Ancient Near Eastern warfare / Nigel Tallis
- The might of the Persian empire / Nicholas Sekunda
- Minoan and Mycenaean warfare / Alan Peatfield
- War in Archaic and Classical Greece / Hams vam Wees
- Alexander the Great and Hellenistic warfare / David Potter
- Armies of the Roman Republic / Nathan Rosenstein
- Celtic and Iberian warrior cultures / Louis Rawlings
- Imperial Roman warfare / Jon Coulston
- Rome and the barbarians / Hugh Elton
- Central Asia from the Scythians to the Huns / Jon Coulston
- Warfare in ancient South Asia / Robin Coningham and Mark Manuel
- Warfare in ancient China / Charles A. Peterson
- Warfare in early Korea and Japan / Gina Barnes
- Mesoamerica from the Olmecs to the Aztecs / Ross Hassig
- Ancient warfare in the Andes / Brian S. Bauer, Elizabeth Arkush and Joe Szymczak